Sidelined ... Pat McCabe will be out for three months after fracturing his neck in training. Source: AAP
Wallabies inside centre Pat McCabe will be sidelined for at least three months after scans showed he has a fractured neck.
McCabe's place in the squad will be taken by Melbourne Rebels' centre Mitch Inman, who is on his way to join the Wallabies for the remaining two games of the European tour, against Italy and Wales.
Inman's Rebels teammate Cadeyrn Neville is also joining the squad as cover for Kane Douglas, who is expected to be ruled out of the tour with knee ligament damage.
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McCabe played in Australia's tour-opening 33-6 loss to France and but suffering the injury in training midweek and was withdrawn from the second match against England, with Ben Tapuai now the starting No.12.
Meanwhile Wallabies flanker David Pocock remains on track to return for next weekend's Test against Italy in Florence.
Standby forward Scott Higginbotham joined the squad in the UK this weekend and is available to face Italy after serving a suspension for striking All Blacks' skipper Richie McCaw.
Having used more than 40 players in 13 Tests this year, mostly due to injury, Deans was loathe to say Pocock would be right to face the Italians.
"Given this year's history, I'm not going to make any predictions ... I would suggest he would be right,'' Deans said.
"It's a not a major (injury) ... He's coming back off an injury and we're just making sure that when he returns, he's good to go.''
Watch the Wallabies take on England Live on Sunday morning on Fox Sports 3HD at 1:30am.
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